Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Halving"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Halve \Halve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Halved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Halving}.] [From {Half}.]
1. To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to
be or form half of.
So far apart their lives are thrown From the twin
soul that halves their own. --M. Arnold.
2. (Arch.) To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away
each for half its thickness at the joining place, and
fitting together.
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